CVE-2009-1538

Published: Jul 15, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

9.3CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

The QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 performs updates to pointers without properly validating unspecified data values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, aka "DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

directxOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

windows 2000OS

Operating Systems / windows

windows server 2003OS

Operating Systems / windows

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Exploitability

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References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028

docs.microsoft.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963

oval.cisecurity.org

http://osvdb.org/55844

osvdb.org

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